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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MEMPHIS EDUCATION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,867,433
Total expenses
$4,702,797
Contributions and grants received
$4,709,191
Grants paid
$3,089,286
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,181
Other revenue
$156,061
Total assets, end of year
$3,781,085
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,186,644
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,594,441
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,574,091
Management and general expenses
$1,128,706
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,574,091

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,709,191

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,181 · excluded $2,181

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $156,061

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $156,061

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $156,061 · excluded $156,061

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,089,286 · program services $3,089,286

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $281,981 · program services $169,188 · management and general $112,793

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $493,049 · program services $256,935 · management and general $236,114

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,452 · program services $9,423 · management and general $6,029

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $49,187 · program services $21,611 · management and general $27,576

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,256 · program services $27,648 · management and general $23,608

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,562 · management and general $3,562

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,271 · management and general $31,271

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $55,863 · management and general $55,863

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,376 · management and general $30,376

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $250,833 · management and general $250,833

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,688 · management and general $7,688

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,518 · management and general $7,518

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $191,845 · management and general $191,845

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,270 · management and general $37,270

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION

    total $88,010 · management and general $88,010

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $7,287 · management and general $7,287

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF RECRUITING & DEVE

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $3,170 · management and general $3,170

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,893 · management and general $1,893

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,459,958 · end of year $2,812,010

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $471,428 · end of year $150,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $749 · end of year $749

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,087,838

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,688,674

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $591,009 · end of year $399,164

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $594,725 · end of year $419,162

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $672,000 · end of year $1,470,014

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,016,064 · end of year $716,630

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $624,927 · end of year -$619,247

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $804,878 · end of year $2,213,688

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON INCREASING K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN THE GREATER MEMPHIS, TN AREA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ESTABLISHING INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE MEMPHIS PUBLIC EDUCATION.

  • DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN THE GREATER MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AREA.

    Expenses $3,574,091 · Grants $3,089,286

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • HOLLY COLEMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHELLE ARMSTRONG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DORSEY HOPSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TIMICO BOYKINS-COX

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID MANSOURI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TOMEKA HART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DARRYL COBB

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TERENCE PATTERSON

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $280,404
    From this org
    $256,973
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,431
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,973
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,342
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,089
    Filer's total
    $280,404
  • VENITA M DOGGETT

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $169,803
    From this org
    $152,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,782
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,021
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,330
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,452
    Filer's total
    $169,803
  • BINH DOAN

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $118,384
    From this org
    $105,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,814
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349307659

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